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Iran intelligence forces nab MKO-linked sabotage team in Tehran
The suspects were detained by the country’s intelligence forces in the county of Pakdasht, southeast of Tehran.
"Three members of MKO-linked sabotage cells who sought to disrupt public order and security were identified and arrested," Pakdasht’s governor Mohammad Hassanpour said in a statement on Tuesday.
Hassanpour noted that enemies have always sought to hire individuals to perpetrate acts of violence and form sabotage teams, stressing that all three detainees are undergoing technical and specialized interrogations.
“The Judiciary and security forces will decisively deal with any criminal action against public security, and will not allow hostile elements to infiltrate [into the country] and operate,” he said.
The arrests come after the execution late last month of two alleged long-term members of the terror outfit.
They had been found guilty of producing improvised mortars to attack civilians, homes and public institutions.
The MKO has carried out numerous terrorist attacks against Iranian civilians and government officials over the past three decades. Out of the nearly 17,000 Iranians killed in terrorist attacks since the victory of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, about 12,000 have fallen victim to the acts of terror carried out by the MKO.
The group was viewed by the European Union as a terrorist organization until January 2009, when the EU Council lifted the designation under immense pressure from political lobbies. The decision was followed by the United States in September 2012.